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View Poll Results: Would you support a Gangstor figure?

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YES! This controversy has added to his mystique.

74.83%

YES! I don't care about the controversy, he just looks like a cool character.

I really liked the figure. I get the fact that rules are rules and the person who obsessively kept reporting it just came across as being ridiculously bitter that theirs didn't win. That person was on a mission to get him disqualified - shame

"Skeletor to King Randor, Skeletor to King Randor, come in you Royal Boob!"

Due to legal reasons, Mattel would not make a figure of the character now. And while I am happy that the contestant gets to retain his prize, he should not be further rewarded for breaking the rules.

This makes no sense. Mattel owns the rights to the character now. Meaning they can do whatever they want with it, even make the character if they wanted. That's what the rules said when turning in your CAC contest entry in. And how is he "breaking the rules"?

"All designs submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor will own, in perpetuity, solely and exclusively, all designs submitted in this Contest without compensation."

This makes no sense. Mattel owns the rights to the character now. Meaning they can do whatever they want with it, even make the character if they wanted. That's what the rules said when turning in your CAC contest entry in. And how is he "breaking the rules"?

"All designs submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor will own, in perpetuity, solely and exclusively, all designs submitted in this Contest without compensation."

Copyright protection arises the moment a work is fixed in a tangible medium. In the case of a fictional character, this is when the character is carefully delineated in a published literary work or illustration. With regard to matters of copyright, "published" means only that the work has been made available to the public. Even though the creator agrees to assign his exclusive rights to the character to Mattel through his participation in the contest, by posting an illustration of the character on the internet, the creator effectively published the work before Mattel, making its authorship contestable. That is why Mattel requires contestants to submit their entries on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper enclosed in an envelope and to not post images of their entries on the internet. While Mattel technically and legally holds the rights to this character, the amount they seek to gain from commercially exploiting it is not greater than the amount they would spend defending their right to it, so they most certainly will not do anything with it now.

As with Castle Greyskull Man, I have no interest in this design. I will avoiding it if such a figure is included in a sub line. I've seen too many characters on this site that I feel deserve a figure before this one.

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